3 U.S. Code § 1 - Time of appointing electors

The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice President.

Pub. L. 111–283, § 1,Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3045, provided that: “This Act [enacting provisions set out as a note under section
102 of this title and amending provisions set out as notes under section
102 of this title, section
1101 of Title
5, Government Organization and Employees, and section
435b of Title
50, War and National Defense] may be cited as the ‘Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010’.”

Short Title of 1996 Amendment

Pub. L. 104–331, § 1(a),Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4053, provided that: “This Act [enacting sections
401,
402,
411 to
417,
421,
425,
431,
435,
451 to
456, and
471 of this title and sections
1296,
1413, and
3901 to
3908 of Title
28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, amending sections
1346 and
2402 of Title
28, repealing section
1219 of Title
2, The Congress, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section
401 of this title, section
1219 of Title
2, and section
1296 of Title
28] may be cited as the ‘Presidential and Executive Office Accountability Act’.”

Short Title of 1988 Amendment

Pub. L. 100–398, § 1,Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 985, provided that: “This Act [amending sections
3345,
3348, and
5723 of Title
5, Government Organization and Employees, and enacting and amending provisions set out as notes under section
102 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Presidential Transitions Effectiveness Act’.”

Constitutional Provisions

Time of choosing electors, see Const. Art. 2, § 1, cl. 3.

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